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Chapter 4

Nariana groans as she shifts once more, nuzzling deeper into the unknown, soft, and fuzzy thing keeping her warm, and smelling strangely of tomatoes and spices, like spaghetti or chilly, some of her favorite western foods after ramen.

Sonic's body stiffens from the pretty girl now nuzzling her face on the side of his body. 'I think I am going to pass out if she doesn't wake up soon, or if Mama Odie doesn't get here soon.' He thought to himself as he pulled them a little closer to the fire, not wanting her to get sick from the cold water, his fishing pole and basket forgotten on the side overall.

Hidden Swamp Village

Shadow and Silver row up to the dock, where Knuckles is tying up another small fishing boat. He looks over to the two jumping off their little boat. "Hey guys. How did your fishing trip go?" He questions with a large smile on his face. But pauses when he notices that there was someone missing. "Hey…. where's Sonic?" He questions them, worry now written all over his face.

Silver smacks his right paw overshadows mouth as he was about to speak. Giving him a warning glare. "Sorry Knuckles but we don't have the time to explain, we need to see Mama Odie right now." He simply told the red Echidna before both hedgehogs ran past him.

Knuckle arches a brow as he watches the two run off. "I wonder what happened? And where is Sonic?" He questioned himself as he got back to work and moved over to tie off their boat as they had taken off without even tying it up, good thing he was there, or it would have been swooped away in the evening high tide.

Meanwhile, Shadow and Silver dodge others from the village and several friends, with Shadow jumping over Tails who was getting off Mama Odie's old Tugboat carrying a basket of herbs that she had requested earlier for.

"HEY!" Tails yells as the two runs past him.

"Sorry brat." Shadow calls over his shoulder as he waves a hand over.

Minutes later they both arrived at the foot of Mama Odie's treehouse in the middle of the hidden Swamp Village. Silver stops just for a second, needing to collect his thoughts, while Shadow stops a couple of feet behind him as he does not want to be the one facing Mama Odie.

"Are you okay man?" Shadow questions while being nervous.

Silver looks over at his friend. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just need to collect my thoughts. It wouldn't do us well to go up there in a frantic mess." He tells Shadow.

Shadow nods as Silver takes a few steps forward and grabs the rope ladder that leads straight to the top, and to Mama's house.

Inside the Treehouse

Mama Odie firmly stirs her Gumbo pot as it bubbles. Tonight's dinner needed to be perfect for her children. Suddenly, her pot began to clear and glow with an image appearing "Well Juju dear, it appears visitors are coming our way." She speaks to her pet snake as he hisses in agreement with her.

"Mama Odie." Calls out Silver from the other side of her door.

"Coming." Mama Odie calls back before turning with her cane in hand and Juju around her neck, walks to her door and opens it for the little white hedgehog ''Silver? What brought you here dear boy?''.

"Mama Odie, we found a girl out in the swamps, and we need your help, she might be injured." Silver begins to tell her.

"Really!? Oh dear, that will not do. Where is she now?" asked the old Kage?

"On a small island in the swamps. Sonic spotted her lying face down on its shore, so we went to check it out. We found her passed out…. and well, she's still passed out." Silver tells her as Shadow steps forth.

"Sonic suggested that he stays there with the girl while we return to the village for help. Tho we are not certain if she is a friend or enemy." Shadow tells her with a frown upon his face.

Mama Odie nodded all the while at the boys' explanations. "Well then, we should go to the child. I'll get my supply bag." She tells them before getting back inside to get her hex bag and the right medicinal herbs.

Back with Sonic and Nariana

Nariana slowly began to stir while loosening her hold on the warm soft thing she has been cuddling for a while, and slowly, she bats her eyes open, and the first thing she sees upon her vision clearing is something blue…blue and furry, radiating heat like some kind of animal. 'Is this what I've been holding on to this whole time?' She thought groggily, her mind still in a fog of fatigue.

Sonic looks to his side as he feels movement, then froze as he feels the girl rub her face into his side. 'Oh, oh, she's waking up…. I was hoping the others would be back by then, what do I do? What will I tell her? Is she going to freak out seeing me?' He thought to himself as panic and uncertainty raced through his body.

"Mhm…" Nariana softly moan's as she rubs her face into his fur once more, feeling safe and just not wanting to leave the warmth of the soft fur close to her, even she has no clue what it is or if it's dangerous at all, to her it only felt safe. And so, she went back to sleep.

Sonic lets out a soft breath as his body relaxed upon noticing that the girl has fallen asleep once more. 'Thank Grand Bois for that. What is keeping Silver and Shadow up so long?' He thought.

Within Nariana's Mindscape, some unknown time later

Nariana sat before Kurama cage; her eyes settle upon him with his own crimson gaze trained upon her own.

"Well brat? Do you have any questions for me? Anything to say at all." Kurama questions her, even though he does not know if he would be able to answer her. But he would try as he has a lot to make up for towards her.

Nariana tilted her head to the side while looking up at the giant fox living within her body. "Why?" She questions him.

Kurama arches a brow looking down. The child before him is an odd one…the oddest that he had ever been sealed within. "Why? Why what?" He questions her.

"Why have you never tried protecting me?" Nariana questions him.

Kurama flinches back at her soft emotionless tone of voice, then lets out a sigh as his left paw like hand moves up to his neck and rubs it sheepishly. "I was angry…Incredibly angry… I allowed my anger to cloud my judgement. Also…As I told you when the Loa was with us…I was sealed away not allowing me to aid you.'' He told her, and she just slowly nods her head.

"I guess, I can understand that." Nariana tells the BIJU with a small smile.

Relieved by that answer, Kurama lays down before the young demigoddess, crossing his paws under his chin, as his muzzle came closer to the girl. "Any other questions you have for me?" He asked her.

"I'm not sure." Nariana tells him as she leans forward and rests her elbows on her knees with a frown on her face.

"Feel free to ask me anything. You can even ask me about your mom if you want." Kurama told her as he lets out a large yawn. He so wanted to sleep right now, but it was rude to do so when he promised he would answer all her questions. He will do it later when she finally wakes up.

Tilting her head to the left, she softly smiled. "Well, I would like to know more about my mom. But I'm more curious about my dad, my REAL dad, this Grand Bois I keep hearing about. Mind telling me a bit about him please?" She asked him with hope in her eyes sense Kurama is the only one that could answer her now.

Meanwhile in Kohona, Hokage Tower

Kakashi slowly drags his feet as he makes his way to the 3rd Hokage's office, he did not want to be the barer of bad news but what else was he supposed to do, The Hokage will immediately notice Nariana's absence and ask where she was, he has no choice but to tell the man the truth. 'Sensei, please give me the strength I will need to face Lord Hokage.' He absently thinks to himself.

Lost in his own thoughts, he walks into the closed doors of the 3rd's office and was knocked back into reality. He blinks then looks at the old oak doors before him before letting out one more sigh as he raises his right hand to knock upon the door. "Knock, Knock"

"Come in!" The 3rd Hokage calls from the other side of the old oak doors.

Silently, Kakashi reaches his right hand down to the doorknob and twisting it open while closing his single visible eye, mentally getting himself ready for the tongue lashing he will be getting in the next few seconds, and slowly steps into the office.

"Ahh…Kakashi how did your mission go?" Questions the 3rds Hokage with his Grandfatherly smile upon his face as he bridges his fingers under his chin.

Hearing this, Kakashi slightly finches at the question, something that hasn't gone unnoticed by the Hokage. "Kakashi? What happen during your mission? You are behaving strangely." He tells the silver hair man.

His head drops completely as he moves before the Hokage's desk. "Lord Hokage, I have grave news." Kakashi begins as he holds up his hand, stopping his leader before he could interrupt him. "The mission in itself went well. We protected the bridge builder and freed the Land from the grasp of the Evil little troll Gato. But…..." He trails off as he takes a deep shaky breath, tears slipping down his cheek from his lone visible eye.

"But?" the 3rd Hokage questioned Kakashi, now worried.

"Sasuke killed Nariana. But before she died, she took Sasuke's eyes and prevented him from ever having children…." Kakashi told the Hokage in a shaky voice.

The 3rd looked at him with wide eyes. "What?...What do you mean? What do you mean Sasuke killed Nariana?" He questions.

Kakashi looked up at his Hokage. "Like I said. Sasuke fatally wounded Nariana, as well as being poisoned by the missing shinobi that Sasuke had been fighting." He explained to the elderly leader.

'If she is dead, we will need to find a new host for the Kyuubi, and I'll need to let Danzo know to so he can have his Root posted in the Land of Wave watching for the Kyuubi reforming.' The 3rd thought while his robes sleeve hid the fists he has been making at learning about losing their village's greatest weapon. Who cares about the spoiled Uchiha brat? Him and his clan have been nothing but trouble sense Madara's failed coup, he should have had him killed with the rest of his clan while he had the chance.

"Kakashi…Are you sure Nariana is dead?" The 3rd Questions the young man to be sure.

Slowly Kakashi nods his head. "Yes, Hokage-sama. I saw her fall to her death into the water below the bridge." Kakashi tells him with a frown under his mask.

Sarutobi lets out a long sigh. "What of Sasuke Uchiha?" He questions, wanting to know what happened to the boy that messed up so many plans.

Kakashi swallowed, accepting his fate. "As I said, Sasuke Uchiha will never be a Shinobi ever again no will he ever have any children, having lost both his eyeballs and the ability to reproduce by Nariana's hand." He told the Hokage simply.

"So, Nariana had the last laugh on him then?" Sarutobi questions the silver hair Jonin before him with a small smirk.

"Yes, Lord Hokage." Kakashi answers him with a slight bow.

"Kakashi." Sarutobi said in a tone of voice that meant that man could not turn him down.

Kakashi stiffens up, awaiting the punishment for having screwed up so royally with as much calm as he can gather.

"I want you to take a team to recover Nariana's body. Bring it back here for a proper funeral, I want you to mark where Nariana had died as well, we will need to return in several years to recapture the Kyubi." The 3rd Hokage orders of the silver-hair Jonin.

"Yes, Lord Hokage." Kakashi tells him with a bow and began to leave, but the man's voice stopped him.

"By the way Kakashi. Once you return, You WILL be facing your punishment for this unacceptable screw up. Be ready for it." The 3rd tells him with such a calm, yet icy tone that it caused the fear in the man's heart to skyrocket, but he simply nodded and left, faster this time.

He moved outside the building and walked with purpose towards the Jonin Lounge, hoping that a friend or two would be in there that would be willing to help him.

'But should I even go through with this? Should I instead do what Kushina-nee told me years ago and run for it if anything ever hit the fan and I would be forced to take the blame.' Kakashi thought to himself.

But he shook them off, doing that would just label him a missing nin and they would hunt him down and punish him far worst then what the Hokage would do soon, he was sure of that. When reaching the lounge door, he pushes it open to see Shikaku Nara sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. Hearing someone enter, he pauses and looked up at the silver hair man with a bored look before turning back to his paper. ''Shikamaru told me he had a run in with your now destroyed team. That Sakura ran back home crying her eyes out while an eyeless, raving Sasuke was forcefully escorted to the hospital." He said without looking at Kakashi.

"The mission... had gone terribly wrong. Nariana died..." Kakashi tells him as he looks down at his hands and slowly balls them into fists. "I should have never taken a team, Civilian Council and Elders be damned." He hisses out between gritted teeth.

Now this has Shikaku looking at the young Jonin. "What do you mean Kakashi?" He questions.

Letting out a sigh, Kakashi walks fully into the Jonin Lounge and slowly moved towards the armchair placed before the coffee table before the couch the Nara Clan head is seated upon. "It's a long story." He tells the man as he sits down, never reaching for his little orange book like he usually does.

"I have nothing important going on. So, try me." Shikaku tells him with a shadow of a smile on his face.

Kakashi sighed "The week the Genin were to graduate from the Academy… Danzo along with the other Elders and Civilian Council called me into a private meeting. A meeting that I had believed the Hokage would be part of. But when I arrived there was only the three elders with most of the civilian council." Kakashi began to tell Shikaku, never and not wanting to make eye contact with the man.

"Once I arrive and took my seat before them. Danzo stood up, walking towards me." Kakashi told him.

Flash back no jutsu

"Kakashi, it is good you chose to come and join us this evening, as this is an especially important meeting. It concerns your future Genin Team." Danzo began as he stops before Kakashi.

"Why, was I called here for?" Kakashi question the old War Hawk. As his single eye scans the room and the faces within said room. An uneasy feeling running through his body.

Danzo narrows his single eye upon the young Jonin seated before him. "Kakashi, you know why we called you here for." His gruff voice told him.

Now looking up at the old man Kakashi eye smiles at him. "Really I don't. As I just told by the ANBU I was needed for a meeting about team placement. But Lord 3rd isn't here." He told Danzo as he tilts his head to the right eye smiling at the man.

Clearing his throat. "No Lord 3rd isn't going to be coming this meeting. It has nothing to do with him." He informs Kakashi.

Hearing this Kakashi feels his stomach drop. .."Ma.. But isn't Lord Hokage the one who choses teams?" He questions the man before him as his mind is panicking. 'This isn't good. What am I going to do?' Questions himself deep within.

Danzo snorts at the man's question. "He might choose at one time, but we fix his choices when needed." He told the silver hair Jonin.

If Kakashi hadn't been wearing his face mask, his jaw would be hanging open like one of Jiraiya's massive toad's waiting for a fat fly.

"Close your mouth boy, as many within this village knows we work in the shadows for this village's own good." Danzo points out once more.

''…But Elder Danzo….what were you thinking about placing Nariana with Sasuke on a team? Along with Sakura. I had read the Academy files. There has always been bad blood between the three…Even with Nariana doing her best to be friends with Sakura." Kakashi questions the man before him.

Danzo sneer's at the foolish Jonin. "Because we needed an Uchiha to keep her in control if she lost control of the damn BIJU. Only those cursed eyes are able to take control of the BIJU'S!" He all but yells the last part.

Now Kakashi looked at the man and the other two Elders with horror within his lone eye. "We never had the reassurance if Sasuke would ever waken his bloodline with the trauma he had been through as a child. How is he supposed to keep Nariana ''In Control'' as you say" He told them with anger bubbling up deep within him now. Wondering if it would be wise to murder the three before him.

"We are sure that once he's forced once more into a life-or-death situation, it will force his bloodline limit to awaken." Homura spoke as he placed down several files. "We had reason to believe he might have awoken his eyes on the night his family was killed by his brother. But Itachi had done something, resealing the boy's eyes." He added as he looks back towards Danzo, who nods in agreement.

''That still doesn't explain the burden you're placing upon both children's shoulders. There is no guaranty something bad enough will happen to unseal Sasuke's eyes, not in the near future at least, and Nariana never did anything to warren that kind of leash.''

Danzo snorts. "For now, but as she grows older the fox grows stronger. Eventually, it will take over" He told Kakashi, ''Nariana is an Uzumaki, the only bloodline that can hold the Kyuubi. None of the others that host him has ever lost control, and Nariana will be no different.''

Danzo now looked confused and a bit angry. "What do you mean the only bloodline that can hold the Kyuubi?" He demands to know.

''Simple, Uzumaki's have the largest chakra coils out of all those who live on this planet, and a healing factor that can repair almost any damage. Without one, any other host would burn out within months to even days. Their Chakra Coils would explode from the pressure and the rest of their body soon after" Kakashi points out with a smirk, looking quite smug at putting a wrench in any kind of plans these old fools might have.

Now Danzo glares at him. With his stolen eye going wild under it's bandages. "Then find me an UZUMAKI!" He growls at the Jonin before him.

Kakashi pulls out his little orange book. "I do not know of any other Uzumaki's. As far as I knew. Nariana was the last living Uzumaki. For last I heard, there might have been an Uzumaki in the Land of Rain. But rumor has it…he had died." He told the man before him.

Danzo grits his teeth. As he knew of the young man the man before him spoke of. He was there when he died. For he had the Uzumaki hair. But at the time he hadn't cared. For he still had a healthy Uzumaki within the village.

"If that is all. I have things I need to take care of." Kakashi told him as he spun on his heel walking towards the door. Only pausing for a moment before he leaves. "For once Danzo. You do not have a backup plan." He told the man as he vanishes through the doorway.

End of flashback no jutsu.